Diablo Cody News Archive

Jane Levy, whom you may recognize from the ABC sitcom Suburgatory, is reportedly in negotiations to take over for Lily Collins, who exited production of the Fede Alvarez-directed feature, as Mia, a young woman recovering from a recent overdose and heading to the remote cabin in the woods with five friends and - yeah, you know the drill!

"It seems a lot of people in power are not comfortable with women writing or directing. They think it's incompatible with motherhood or some other responsibility, and that freaks me out. A lot of women are doing amazing things as producers and executive producers, but on the creative side? Not as much, and that's deeply depressing."

Last month, the Writers' Guild of America East and West released the nomination list for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards…minus the film categories.

Now, the film nominees have been announced, and some of the writers being recognized include Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo for Bridesmaids, Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, Diablo Cody for Young Adult, and Tate Taylor for The Help!

Last we heard about the Evil Dead remake, Sony Pictures had made a distribution deal for the FilmDistrict/Ghost House Pictures flick.

Now, we're hearing that the film has officially been given a release date of April 12, 2013!

We've also learned some new story details! In this version of the cult classic horror flick, a group of friends travel to a remote cabin where they find the Book of the Dead. After the book is read, the group must "fight to survive when a demonic force is unleashed."

As we previously reported, Britney Spears' baby daddy has requested an increase in his $20K a month child support stipend. While it's said that Godney isn't THRILLED at the request, she's letting her poppa negotiate a deal with KFed.

And it appears that negotiations are well under way, though Mr. Spears is NOT impressed with his former son-in-law!